Toscafund economist: If we have an election, back Boris

A deal with the EU will be done, for all of Europe’s sake — so let’s focus on the economy

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson
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By

Savvas Savouri

September 10, 2019 1:01 am GMT

There is endless speculation as to what happens next “with this Brexit mess”, if in fact it happens at all. Indeed, far from there being a narrowing in the number of potential outcomes, these seem to proliferate with each unprecedented political watershed.

For full disclosure, I have long been an advocate of the UK being outside EU strictures, while maintaining a free-trading relationship with it. That can easily be shown to be in the very best interests of all.